Case Studies

1) AGV Tuggers Safely Transport 65,000 lbs. of Glass

Transbotics engineers designed a Laser-Guided Tugger vehicle to move cart-trains weighing up to 65,000 pounds of palletized glass for a major client in the North American food and beverage ...

2) Automated Labeling of Tapered Bulk Feed Tubs

FOX IV's expertise in drum and tub labeling along with their ability and experience with large label print and apply enabled FOX IV to provide the end user with a perfect solution to ...

3) AUTOMATED MANIFEST PROCESSING SYSTEM (AMPS™) CASE STUDY

Snap-on Tools is an American designer, manufacturer and marketer of high-end tools and equipment for professional use in the automotive, heavy duty, equipment, and other transportation ...

4) Automatic Guided Vehicles Optimize Uptime and Maintainability

A newsprint facility uses an automatic guided vehicle system consisting of 14 wire guided fork styled vehicles to move rolls from strip station to press or roll storage. They also handle ...

5) Automatic Guided Vehicle System Increases Efficiency

A fleet of three forked automatic guided vehicles (AGVs) transport, load and unload rolls of stripped and pasted newsprint from a semi automatic roll preparation station to six printing ...

6) Automatic Guided Vehicle System Transports Newspaper Print Reels

A system of three (3) automatic guided clamp vehicles (AGVs) picks up reels from the receiving area and delivers to storage. When the facility signals a new press run, the clamp vehicles ...

7) Automating to Improve Inventory Management and Customer Service

Stemilt Growers is a family-owned and operated business that grows and distributes a variety of fresh fruits. Stemilt had rigorous requirements for an automation system. Pallets of ...

8) Automation Optimizes Pharmaceutical Production Facility

An automatic guided vehicle system (AGVS) provides for efficient handling of production and packaging materials for a pharmaceutical site’s Work-In-Process (WIP) requirements. There ...

9) Back Saving Pallet Level Loaders Win Accolades from Workers

Preprinted newspaper inserts are fed into inserting drums at the rate of 25,000 per hour at the newspaper plant. At that speed, a pallet load of 14,000 inserts goes down pretty fast. ...

10) Bascule Bridge Provides Safe Passage

America A bascule bridge permits safe crossing of railroad spurs and serves as a convenient connection between buildings. This is exactly what a distributor of pet care products needed ...

11) Case Study: A Closer Look at How Low Quality Casters Will Cost Your Organization in Productivity

A Closer Look at How Low Quality Casters Will Cost Your Organization in Productivity

12) Case Study: A Closer Look at How Low Quality Casters Will Cost Your Organization in Productivity

A Closer Look at How Low Quality Casters Will Cost Your Organization in Productivity

13) Case Study…Strength and Dual Function

The nature of the gateway operations requires lower guardrail to protect areas from tugs and dollies and are much lower to the ground than a feeder, forklift, or package car and need ...

14) Case Study: The original Polymer Guard Rails for VF’s newest DC.

The case study explains how Boplan provided polymer ( plastic ) guard rails, hand rails, traffic barriers and other safety products from the Flex Impact by Boplan product line to protect ...

15) Catwalk Solution Bridges Old and New Mezzanine

A world class dairy producer needed a cost effective way to gain more space without adding on to the existing building. Specifically, the solution would optimize existing space as ...